County Durham Administrative County (pre-1974) : Life & Death Statistics

Created: 1889   Abolished: 1974

These simple graphs compare County Durham with national trends:

Time Series Period Covered Description
Fertility Rate 1911 to 1971 Live births per thousand women aged 20 to 49. The General Fertility Rate is usually defined relativ…
Illegitimacy Rate 1911 to 1973 Illegitimate Births as a percentage of all births. Until quite recently, vital registration statist…
Infant Mortality Rate 1911 to 1973 Deaths per thousand live births. This is a good overall measure of the health of a population, alt…
Perinatal Mortality Rate 1958 to 1973 Stillbirths plus deaths under 1 week per thousand live births. This is the best measure of obstetri…
Standardised Mortality Ratio 1911 to 1971 The actual number of deaths as a percentage of the expected number, computed from mortality rates f…

We hold these detailed statistics for County Durham, which we graph and tabulate here:

Time Series Period Covered Variables (number of categories)
Births by legitimacy 1911 to 1973 Legitimacy (2)
Births by legitimacy & sex 1911 to 1973 Legitimacy (2)
Sex (2)
Births by sex 1911 to 1973 Sex (2)
Deaths by sex 1922 to 1973 Sex (2)
Infant Deaths 1911 to 1973 Infant Deaths (4)
Total Births 1911 to 1973 Total Live Births (1)
Total Deaths 1911 to 1973 Total Deaths (3)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.